Our Class Blog
Come along as we explore the academic and professional sides of writing. New posts arrive each week throughout the semester.
-
Rules of Writing and Revising?
The writing process is not a one-size-fits-all process, as researcher Carol Berkenkotter and professional writer Donald Murray discover.
-
Writer’s Block, Outlines & Failure
I plan and schedule when I do which assignments, and work in my leisurely activities based around those times to do my assignments.
-
Begone, timed essays
The SAT, and timed essays like it, can’t assess how well thought-out a paper is; the time constraint works against that.
-
Shitty Writing: We All Do It, No Matter What George Dila Says
Whilst Dila may be averse to admitting it, he writes shitty first drafts too. The perfectionist in him just will not allow it to be a shitty first draft.
-
The First Draft
In conclusion, Long’s method is for writers who find comfort in planning and structure, asserting that writing doesn’t have to be effective.
Categories
- About the Class (3)
- Overview, Wk 1: Why Study Writing? (84)
- Topic 1: Literacy (171)
- Topic 2: Discourse Communities (216)
- Wk 4: Concept of Discourse Community (59)
- Wk 5: Authority (73)
- Wk 6: Identity (66)
- Topic 3: Process (316)
- Wk 10: Collaboration and Failure (73)
- Wk 7: Process Metaphors (81)
- Wk 8: First Drafts (80)
- Wk 9: Revising (78)
- Topic 4: Technology (168)
- Topic 5: Professionalism (161)
- Wk 13: Professional Writers (82)
- Wk 14: Employment (79)
- Uncategorized (51)
Tags
authority Berkenkotter classroom collaboration creativity Discourse discourse community Document Design E. Shelley Reid Elizabeth Wardle failure First Drafts Geisler grammar Identity Lamott language Literacy Metaphors multitasking Penrose process revising Revision Savini social media Stephen King Technology Wardle Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4 week 5 Week 6 Week 7 Week 8 Week 9 Week 10 Week 11 Week 12 Week 13 Week 14 writing writing process